Cradle



CRADLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27, 1919.

1,386,236, PatentedAug. 2,1921.

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CRADLE,

Application led February 27, 1919.

To all whom. t may conccm Be it known that I, FRANK N. CHAMBERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Davison, in the county of Genesee and State 0f Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cradles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cradles, of the swinging and bouncing type, such as are commonly known as bassinette and an object ofthe invention is to provide in a cradle for infants, a basket, a support therefor, and yieldablemeans connecting thebaslret to the support to permit swinging movement of the basket, and also vertical up and down movement of the basket, and to provide a foot pedal which is adapted for connection to the basket, for either swinging or bouncing` the said basket. v

A further object of the invention is to provide a cradle of this type which is attractive in appearance, comparatively simple in construction and in which the `supporting structures may be disconnected or knocked-down for storage or shipping.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification and in which drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved cradle.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the cradle structure showing the basket in end elevation.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal section through the cradle supporting structure, and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical section through the structure showing the cradle in position for bouncing by the operation of the foot treadle.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, 1 indicates the base or supporting structure of the cradle as an entirety which comprises a pair of ends or cross membersl 2 and 8. These end. or cross members 2 and 3 are provided with recesses 4 extending thereinto, intermediate their ends, from their inner facing sides, the said recesses terminating short of the width of the cross pieces as clearly shown in F ig. 1 ofthe drawings. The recesses 4 receive therein the ends of the longitudinally extending connecting and bracing bar 5 which connect the end or crossed pieces 2 and 3 and which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aur. 2, 1921.

serial No. 279,621.

is in turn connected to the cross pieces by the lower ends of the standards 6 and 7. The lower ends of the standards 6 and 7 extend through suitable openings in the ends of the longitudinal connecting bar 5, and through suitable openings in the centers of the cross or end 'members 2V and 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, being retained in place by suitable nuts 8. The upper end of the standards 6 and 7 are sinuously bent as shown at 8 .to provide upwardly opening loops 9 which receive therein rings formed upon the upper ends of spiral springs 10. rEhe spiral springs 10 have chains or analogous flexible elements 11 connected to their lower ends, which chains or flexible elements are 1n turn connected to loops 12. The loops 12 are attached to the basket or retainingbody 14 of the cradle structure, in such manner as to prevent their pulling loose under the weight of the infant in the basket. When assembled, the container 14 is suspended intermediate the standards G and 7 by the downwardly converging connecting elements 10 and 11 each inclined at an acute angle to the vertical, to more iirmljf tix the container from lateral movement with respect to the standards. A

The basket or container 14 has an eye 15 connected to the center of the bottom thereof, to which eye a rod 16 is connected. The rod 16 is provided with hooks upon both of its ends, one to engage in the eye 15 and the other to engage through an eye in the end of the rod 17 which projects longitudinally from the end of the foot pedal 18. The rod 16 extends downwardly through an opening- 19 formed in the longitudinal connecting bar 5 and a wear' plate 2O is attached to the upper surface of the bar 5. The rod 16 extending downwardly through the opening 19 will be prevented from swinging movement upon pivotal movement of the foot pedal 18 and the pivotal movement of the footpedal will be transmitted to the basket or container 14 in such manner as to cause the latter to bounce or move in a substantially vertical plane. The foot pedal 18 is hingedly or pivotally connected as shown at 22 to a suitable supporting rest 23. The footpedal 18 has an eye 24 connected at its free end and .eX- tending upwardly therefrom to which a rod 25 is adapted to be connected in lieu of the rod 16, being connected to the longitudinally extending rod 17. The rod 25, is also adapted for connection with the eye 15, to swing the basket or container 14 upon pivotal movement of the foot pedal 18. This rod 25 which is shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, is bent, so as to clear the connecting bar 5 and also so as to position the point of connection between the basket and pedal in diagonal relation with respect to each other and also to position the point of connection of the rod 25 and the pedal and the swinging point or pivot of the basket in diagonal relation, so that upon pivotal movement of the foot pedal 18, the basket or container 14; will be swung in a lateral manner.

From the foregoing description and the drawings, it will be apparent that a cradle for infants has been-provided, wherein the operation of the foot pedal 18 may be utiliz/ed to either bounce the cradle or basket structure or to Vswing the same, depending upon the connection between the pedal and the basket 0r container which connection may be regulated at the desires of the user.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit of this invention, but;

I claim:

1. In a cradle, the combination of a supporting structure including standards and a bar adjacent the lower ends of said standards for holding them in spaced apart relation, said bar provided with a verticle slot extending longitudinally of the bar, a container, means yieldably connecting said container to said standards, to permit vertical bouncing or lateral swinging movement of the container, a foot pedal oscillatablebelow the said bar of said supporting structure, and a rod connecting said toot pedal and the lower portion of said container, said rod extendingthrough the slotot said bar and guided thereby to impart vertical bouncing movement to said container upon oscillation of said foot pedal.

2. In a cradle, the combination of a supporting structure including standards and a spacing bar, said spacing bar having an aperture therein, a container, means yieldably supporting said container from said supporting structure, a Jfoot pedal mounted below the bar of said supporting structure, and a rod connecting the free end oi' said foot pedal and extending upwardly through the aperture in said bar, and operatively connected to said container, whereby upon oscillation of said toot pedal, said rod will be guided within the aperture of said bar for imparting a bouncing movement to said container.

FRANK NORTH CHAMBERS. 

